Moores



No. 622,509. Patented Apr. 4, [899. G. w. mnonzs.

HAME TUG BUCKLE.

(Application filed May 6, 1898A (No Model.)

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GEORGE WVA SHINGTON MOORES, OF NEWV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

HAM E-TUG BUCKLE,

SPECIFICATION forming art of Letters Patent No. 622,509, dated April 4,1899.

Application filed May 6, 1898. Serial NOi 679,969- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WAsHINcToN MooREs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State ofLouisiana, have invented a new and useful Hame-Tug Buckle, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to hame-tug buckles, the purpose being todevise a buckle which can be readily applied to a hame and which willadmit of the end portion of the tug lying flat and which when in servicewill distribute the strain in such a manner as to withstand the pullingforce without rupture or breakage.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying. drawings and the followingdescription.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to afull disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showingthe hame-tug buckle in operative relation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection of the buckle. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the tongue. Fig, 4is a plan view of the buckle-frame.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The buckle-frame is of oblong form and comprises side bars 1, an end bar2, an intermediate divided bail or billet-loop 3, and crossbars 4 and 5,the latter being intermediate of the end bar 2 and the divided loop 3and the cross-bar 4 intermediate of the opposite end of the buckle-frameand the part 3. The side bars 1 converge toward the end remote from theend bar 2 and are unitedbya cross-piece 5, having a notch 6 in its outerside. The tongue 7 is mounted upon the cross-bar 4 and operates throughthe divided loop 3 and engages with the cross-bar 5 and endbar 2. Thetongue 7 is formed with a wing or extension 8,-which is adapted to bebent around the cross-bar 4 and form the pivotal or hinge con- .nectionbetween the tongue and said cross bar. The tongue is extended beyond itshinge connection with the cross-bar 4 and is bent to provide a hook 9,which is adapted to engage with the iron or staple projecting from thehame. A shoulder 10 is formed adjacent to the extremity of the hook 9and is adapted to engage with the inner side of the cross-piece 5* andsupplement the action of the connection between the tongue and thecross-bar 4 in sustaining the pulling force, thereby materiallystrengthening the buckle. The shoulder 10 is depressed, forming a seatto receive the cross-piece 5, the connection between the tongue and thecross-bar 4 being sufficiently loose to permit of the tongue having aslight longitudinal movement, so as to permit the shoulder 10 clearingthe cross-piece 5 when turning the tongue to apply or remove the hametug or trace 11 therefrom.

The space between the shoulder 10 and the terminal of the bill of thehook 9 is normally closed by the side walls forming the notch 6, thelatter providing for the operation of the tongue when turning it uponthe cross-bar 4. The extremity of the hook 9 passes through the notch 6when moving the free end of the tongue 7 away from the cross-bar 2 ofthe buckle-frame. hen the buckle is in service, the strain upon the hookportion 9 of the tongue holdsthe shoulder 10 against the inner side ofthe cross-piece 5, thereby preventing the free end of the tongue frommoving away from the cross-bar 2 even though the end portion of the tugis not thrust through the loop 3. An additional securing means isprovided for holding the free end of the tongue against the cross-bar 2when the end portion of the tug is slipped through the loop 3 over thetongue, as indicated in Fig. 1. It will be observed that the free endportion of the tongue'engages with the cross-bar 5 and end bar 2, saidcross-bar serving to brace the end portion of the tongue and prevent itgiving way under abnormal strain.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is-

1. In abuckle,a frame, in combination with a tongue having pivotalconnection with the frame, and having an ofistanding part to engage withthe inner side of the proximal end frame-bar, and having the end portionex I frame, of a tongue pivotally connected with the frame a shortdistance from an end thereof, and having a shouldered portion to engagewith the inner side of the adjacent end framebar, substantially as andfor the'purpose set forth. i

4. The combination with abuckle-frame, of a tongue having pivotalconnection between its ends with the buckle-frame and having an endportion extended forming ahook and provided with a shoulder intermediateof the hook and pivotal connection between the tongue and frame toengage with the inner side of the adjacent end frame-bar, substantiallyas set forth. I

5. The combination with a buckle-framehaving a cross-bar near one end,of a tongue pivotally and loosely connected with said cross-bar to admitof the tongue having a limited longitudinal movement, and having an endportion extended and bent to form a hook, and having a shoulderintermediate of the hook and pivotal connection between the tongue andframe, said shoulder being depressed to form a seat to receive the innerside of the end bar adjacent to the hook, sub stantially as set forth.

6. The herein-described hamc-tug buckle,

comprising an oblong frame having intermediate cross bars and an endcross -piece notched in its outer side, and a tongue pivotally connectedwith the cross-bar adjacent to the notched cross-piece and having an endportion extended and bent to form a hook which is normally closed by theside walls forming the notch of the cross-piece, and having a shoulderintermediate of the hook and pivotal connection between the tongue andframe, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' GEORGE WASHINGTON MOORES.

Witnesses:

A. L. LACOMBE, W; M. OULLoM.

